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Barbee’s Cross Roads

Life is tenuous for all of us. Life is especially fragile for a soldier in a combat zone. The order or action which may alter a soldier’s life forever is always only a second away. We are, perhaps, lucky we do not possess the ability to see the future, as we might always be running…

Col. Benjamin Franklin ‘Grimes’ Davis, 8th New York Cavalry, remains an intriguing figure, largely because he is so elusive. A Regular Army officer, Davis’s rigid adherence to strict discipline put him at odds with the volunteers who served under him. One perpetually disgruntled surgeon termed him “a proud tyrannical devil.” Upon learning that Davis had…